New Haven Underground Pitkin Street Tunnel, New Haven January 2021 You may not think of Connecticut as state with tunnels that matter, but it kind of is. The tunnel through West Rock, called Heroes Tunnel, is the only highway/road tunnel through a land feature in New England. Surprising, right? Connecticut is also … [Read more...]
RWA: Maltby Lakes
I'll Drink to This Place Maltby Lakes, West Haven, New Haven, & Orange January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. In case you're curious, Maltby Lakes was my very first RWA hike, 14+ years after I began this website. The RWA properties have always been this … [Read more...]
New Haven Holocaust Memorial
First, Oldest, Most Sobering New Haven Holocaust Memorial This isn't a typical CTMQ page in that a) it contains no puns or satirical quips, b) I didn't write most of it, and c) the photography is phenomenal. Okay, c) above is not true and it could be categorized as a satirical quip. I guess I simply can't … [Read more...]
Another Earth (2011)
Another Connecticut Movie Another Earth, 2011 Ahhhh... after a slew of awful "Connecticut movies," I'm so happy to have watched an engaging, interesting, actually pretty good Connecticut movie! Finally. And the craziest thing about Another Earth, a relatively small release little movie, is that when I borrowed it … [Read more...]
Farmington Canal Heritage Trail Intro
Farmington Canal Heritage Trail Massachusetts border (Suffield) to New Haven The summer of 2020 - the pandemic summer of 2020 - sort of forced my son Calvin and I to begin riding Connecticut's rails-to-trails in earnest. Nothing was open for visits in any normal way, so why not ride our bikes. Unfortunately, Calvin … [Read more...]
GNH: Long Wharf Nature Preserve
Gather 'Round Kids Gather New Haven's Long Wharf Nature Preserve June 2019 For those of you that read all my hiking pages, I'm about to sound like a broken record: I love urban trails. Yes, of course, there really no better way to spend a crisp autumn day in Connecticut than traipsing up and down mountains in … [Read more...]
Mory’s
A Rare Bit of CTMQ Mory's, New Haven October 2013 Greetings! You have found your way to another of the very few, very rare CTMQ pages where I write about something I didn't really experience. As you see from the pictures, I was definitely in Mory's at Yale, but I must come clean: I didn't eat or drink anything … [Read more...]
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)
What Up, Dawg! Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero, 2018 Nobody likes war. Okay, that's not true. There are several chickenhawks I can name off the top of my head who love war. Then there are war movies; when done well, they are always up for major awards. A war movie is nominated for the Best Picture Oscar nearly every … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to New Haven
Everything New Haven I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” New Haven CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
The Stack/Bear’s Smokehouse
Bearly Beer The Stack/Black Hog Brewing at Bear’s Smokehouse, New Haven June 2019 I was trying to sort something out for this page and came across the perfect Yelp! Review: Bear's Smokehouse New Haven or The Stack, which is it? Cafeteria-style service or waited tables, which is it? Should I get a drink at … [Read more...]
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